Candidate dossiers¶
Part of Inverse Innovation with the Encyclopedia of Abstractions · Candidate index · Last revised August 2026
This appendix translates every strict, post-hoc strict-like, and empirical-partner candidate preserved for the public inverse-innovation report. It is designed so that a general reader can understand what each proposal actually means and a specialist can reach the underlying evidence.
These are research candidates, not validated inventions. All 59 have adjacent prior art. Strict success means that a proposal cleared its experiment's researched-candidate rules. Post-hoc strict innovation-like survivor is an exploratory Experiment 3 label. Empirical-partner candidate means that decisive evidence requires a named kind of data-owning or operational partner. None of these labels establishes world novelty, patentability, demand, safety, impact, or authorization to deploy.
Ordering method¶
The reading order is a post-hoc editorial aid, not an experimental endpoint. It reuses the common nine opportunity scores and adds a first-evidence affordability proxy to the balanced weighting profile documented in the Experiment 2 opportunity method. Deployment-heavy and impact-heavy profiles provide a rank range. Small differences should be treated as ties, and original endpoint labels always take precedence over rank. Full inputs are in the candidate index.
Quick index¶
| Rank | Candidate | Experiment | Endpoint | Domain | First evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairer Selection for a Festival Slate | 6 | Strict success | Film Media Production | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 2 | A Common Meaning for Evidence Records | 6 | Strict success | Criminology Forensic | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 3 | Truthful Limits for Safety Verification | 4 | Strict success | Engineering Design | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 4 | Keeping Test Norms Current and Traceable | 5 | Strict success | Psychology | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 5 | Protected Quiet Periods Between Neural Stimuli | 4 | Strict success | Neuroscience | under $10,000 |
| 6 | A Safer Accessibility Testing Challenge | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Human Computer Interaction | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 7 | Consistent Rules for Climate Signpost Alerts | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Futurism Foresight | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 8 | Remembering Why Financial Controls Exist | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Accounting Auditing | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 9 | Predictive Checks for Evidence Custody | 6 | Strict success | Criminology Forensic | \(50,000–\)250,000 |
| 10 | A Stable Contract for Justice Histories | 6 | Strict success | Criminology Forensic | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 11 | A Credible End to Financial Close | 6 | Strict success | Accounting Auditing | under $10,000 |
| 12 | Blind Testing for Shared-Service Cost Models | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Accounting Auditing | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 13 | Separate Release Effects from River Disturbances | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Environmental Climate | \(50,000–\)250,000 |
| 14 | A Storage-Independent Aircraft Maintenance Ledger | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Aviation Aeronautics | \(50,000–\)250,000 |
| 15 | Portable Rules for Drought-Stage Advice | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Environmental Climate | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 16 | Portable Rules for Delphi Rounds | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Futurism Foresight | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 17 | Stable Sampling Across Changing Data Systems | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Sociology Anthropology | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 18 | Renewing Nanomaterial Stewardship Commitments | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Nanotechnology | under $10,000 |
| 19 | Ending Mutual-Aid Mandates Truthfully | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Sociology Anthropology | under $10,000 |
| 20 | Safer Cleanup of Post-Production Assets | 3 | Post-hoc strict innovation-like survivor | Film Media Production | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 21 | Show What Actually Solved the Model | 5 | Strict success | Economics Finance | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 22 | Keep Wetland Records Stable Across Systems | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Environmental Climate | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 23 | Retire Outdated Course Guidance Safely | 4 | Strict success | Education Pedagogy | under $10,000 |
| 24 | Test Cold-Case Theories on Equal Terms | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Criminology Forensic | \(50,000–\)250,000 |
| 25 | Send Raman Surprises, Preserve Full Evidence | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Chemistry Materials | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 26 | Review Materials Results by Model Mismatch | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Chemistry Materials | \(50,000–\)250,000 |
| 27 | A Common Contract for Synchronized Takes | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Film Media Production | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 28 | Portable Lighting Cues With Behavioral Tests | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Film Media Production | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 29 | Common-Wafer Contest for One Fabrication Slot | 6 | Strict success | Nanotechnology | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 30 | A Stable Contract for Crystal Structures | 6 | Strict success | Chemistry Materials | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 31 | Show Reviewers Only Unexpected Proof Effects | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Mathematics | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 32 | A Recurring Reckoning for Airport Noise Promises | 6 | Strict success | Aviation Aeronautics | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 33 | Retiring Outdated Criminal-Record Labels | 6 | Strict success | Criminology Forensic | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 34 | Stress-Testing Flight-Control Downselects | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Aviation Aeronautics | \(50,000–\)250,000 |
| 35 | Tracking Aging Wetland Erosion Mats | 5 | Strict success | Environmental Climate | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 36 | Subtracting Recoater Self-Noise | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Chemistry Materials | \(50,000–\)250,000 |
| 37 | A Shared Pause for Audit Independence | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Accounting Auditing | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 38 | Honest Guarantees for Generative Art | 4 | Strict success | Art Aesthetics | \(50,000–\)250,000 |
| 39 | Turning Archival Loss into Stewardship | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Religious Studies Theology | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 40 | Reviewing Ritual Records by Their Differences | 6 | Strict success | Religious Studies Theology | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 41 | Renewing Ramp Stop-Work Support | 6 | Strict success | Aviation Aeronautics | under $10,000 |
| 42 | Expiring Old Training Evidence Safely | 5 | Strict success | Cognitive Science | \(50,000–\)250,000 |
| 43 | A Capped Prize for Catalyst Endurance | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Nanotechnology | \(50,000–\)250,000 |
| 44 | Send Foresight Surprises, Keep Full Records | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Futurism Foresight | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 45 | Residual-First Review of Forensic Timelines | 6 | Strict success | Criminology Forensic | \(50,000–\)250,000 |
| 46 | A Clinic for Cross-Field Lemma Handoffs | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Mathematics | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 47 | Choosing One Proof Route Fairly | 6 | Strict success | Mathematics | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 48 | Monitoring a Program’s Measurement Footprint | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Criminology Forensic | \(50,000–\)250,000 |
| 49 | Making Carbon-Budget Boundaries Visible | 6 | Strict success | Environmental Climate | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 50 | Reserve AI Capacity for Harm Inquiry | 4 | Strict success | Tech Ethics Ai Governance | \(50,000–\)250,000 |
| 51 | Audited Competition for Close-Review Priority | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Accounting Auditing | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 52 | Renewing Climate-Monitoring Responsibilities | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Environmental Climate | under $10,000 |
| 53 | Recurring Stewardship for Digital Legacies | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Human Computer Interaction | \(50,000–\)250,000 |
| 54 | Testing Audit Findings Before Awarding Leads | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Accounting Auditing | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 55 | Full-Cost Bidding for Preservation Access | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Religious Studies Theology | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 56 | Reviewing What Changed in Student Reasoning | 6 | Strict success | Religious Studies Theology | \(10,000–\)50,000 |
| 57 | Testing Hidden Patterns in Library Exposure | 3 | Post-hoc strict innovation-like survivor | Library Information Science | \(50,000–\)250,000 |
| 58 | A Governed Contest Between Ethnographic Explanations | 6 | Empirical-partner candidate | Sociology Anthropology | \(50,000–\)250,000 |
| 59 | Mapping Coupled City Budget Deadlocks | 4 | Strict success | Political Science | \(10,000–\)50,000 |